Just an immensely disappointing loss at an extremely inopportune time.

April 14, 2008 - The Sixers lose a heart-breaker to Cleveland on a phantom call at the buzzer. Hmmn, they play well against the good teams, get killed by the bad teams, sound familiar? My quote at the time:

We now pause this recap because the refs are trying to hand the game to
the Cavs. Two free throws on a B.S. call after the buzzer. We will
resume the post-game after the robbery is complete.

April 17, 2008 - The Sixers lose to the Bobcats. Mo Cheeks decides to rest his starters, but still finds a way to get Iguodala 36 minutes of playing time. The Sixers fell behind by 23 points before mounting a pointless rally. My quote at the time:

As for tonight, it was really 48 minutes of garbage time, which
obviously means it was Willie's time to shine. GT Green launched a
modest 21 shots, hitting 11 of them and finishing with 27 points to
lead the Sixers in scoring.

In summation, the Sixers lost 5 of their final six games. They were 39-37, with 6 games to go and had a legit shot at the number 5 seed. They backed their way into #7. I do believe that the Cleveland loss was beneficial. It created an us vs. them mentality that they'd take into the playoffs. I guess we should hope for something like that to happen in the final 2 games.